Revolt. She said. Revolt again. is a full-length drama by
Alice Birch. Feminism has fought big, brutal battles in
history: for the right to work, the right to vote, and for women to
control over their own bodies. So now, as the dust settles, what
might a new war cry look like?

Revolt. She said. Revolt again.
is a theatrical assault on the language that has reinforced violence
against women for centuries, and an explosion of what womanhood means
in the 21st century. In a series of equally funny and disturbing
events – the everyday is turned upside down, dirty talk is stripped
naked, a marriage proposal is interrogated, and nudity is embraced in
the dairy aisle – playwright
Alice Birch rallies
language to revolt upon itself, commanding it to bear arms against
the conventions of work, sex, motherhood, aging, and love.

Revolt. She said. Revolt again. premiered in 2014 by the
Royal Shakespeare Company as a part of the Midsummer Mischief
Festival in Stratford-upon-Avon. It was a huge success and
transferred to the Royal Court Upstairs. The American premiere was
produced off-Broadway in 2016 at New York’s Soho Rep. Its Scottish
premiere was in 2016 at the Traverse Theatre as part of the Edinburgh
Festival Fringe.

Cast: 3 women, 1 man

What people say:

"Revolt unfolds in a series of
fragments that recall the form-bending virtuosity of Caryl Churchill
[...] Ms. Birch’s work finds the theatrical exhilaration in civil
disobedience." — The New York Times

"Alice Birch's
Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. lobs a
theatrical grenade into the struggle of being a woman in the 21st
century, exploding treacherous language, life-denying myths and
stereotypes, in a play as energised by hilarity as ferocity, by anger
as anguish." — Sydney Morning Herald

"Alice Birch
provides a bracing reminder that our language, customs, and basic
ideas about work and life are all encoded with the legacy of
brutality." — The Village Voice

"Brevity is power [...] Birch
leaves you emotionally winded yet still engaged." — Time
Out New York

About the Playwright:

Alice Birch is an award-winning British playwright, who is
the co-winner of the 2014 George Devine Award for Most Promising
Playwright. She also won the Arts Foundation Award for Playwriting
2014 and was a finalist in 2012 and 2015 for the prestigious Susan
Smith Blackburn
Prize honouring the best English-language women writers worldwide.
Also a screenwriter, she was the winner of the
International Critic’s Prize at San Sebastian Film Festival in
2016, the Best First Feature at Zurich Film Festival in 2016 and the
winner of Best Screenplay at Turin Film Festival in 2016.